Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2015 – Set 6

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1. A person lent a
certain sum of money at 8% simple interest, and in 8 years the interest amounted
toRs.612 less than the sum lent.
Find the sum lent.

1) Rs.1400

2) Rs.1500

3) Rs.1600

4) Rs.1700

5) Rs.1800

Solutions –

2. If the compound
interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 15% is Rs.193.50, what will be the simpleinterest at the same rate for the same
period?

1) Rs.150

2) Rs.160

3) Rs.180

4) Rs.172

5) Rs.175

Solutions –

3. The circumference
of a circular park is 968m. The park is surrounded on the outside by a road 2.8
mwide. What is the area of the
road?

1) 2640.12 sq m

2) 2735.04 sq m

3) 2831.6 sq m

4) 2942 sq m

5) None of these

Solutions –

4. From a group of
five males and six females, in how many ways can four be chosen to include
exactlyone female?

1) 210

2) 180

3) 120

4) 80

5) 60

Solutions –

5. A bag contains 6
red, 7 blue and 8 green balls. Three balls are drawn randomly. What is theprobability that the balls drawn contain
exactly two blue balls?

1) 147/665

2) 518/665

3) 54/455

4) 44/455

5) 401/455

Solutions –

6. The sum of the
ages of A, B and C at present is 85 years. 10 years ago the ratio of their ages
was 1 : 3 :7. The present age of C
is what percentage of the present age of B?

1) 55.55%

2) 80%

3) 120%

4) 180%

5) 300%

Solutions –

7. 13 men and 12
women earn Rs.11120 in 8 days. 9 men and 11 women earn Rs.12840 in 12 days. Inhow many days will 8 men and 15 women
earn Rs.17400?

1) 12 days

2) 13 days

3) 14 days

4) 15 days

5) 16 days

Solutions –

8. Two pipes can
separately fill a tank in 10 hours and 40 hours respectively. Both the pipes
are openedtogether to fill the
tank, but when the tank is half-filled a leakage develops, through which ½ of
thewater supplied by both the pipes
leaks out. What is the total time taken to fill the tank?

1) 8 hours

2) 10 hours

3) 12 hours

4) 16 hours

5) 18 hours

Solutions –

9. Two stations X and
Y are 1040 km apart. A train starts from station X at 11 am, and moves towards
Yat a speed of 40 kmh–1,
and the other train starts from Y at 1pm and moves towards X at a speed of 80kmh–1. At what time will both
the trains meet?.

1) 7 pm

2) 11 pm

3) 8 pm

4) 10 pm

5) 9 pm

Solutions –

10. A square park is
surrounded on the outside by a path 2m wide. If the area of the path is 184 sq
m,then what will be the area of the
park?